Tinpan alley approach to songwriting..
..was still alive and well.
Brill building in NYC
Home to several music publishers
main songwriters for brill building?
hal david + burt bacharach
main vocalist for brill
dionne warwick
brill styles
first wide melodic leaps. unusual chords/progressions. irregular rhythms. unconventional forms.
Alfie, do You know the way to San Jose
david/burt/ dionne warwick - Brill buidling-
1955 - 1965
commercial and artistic high point for broadway
most major pre rock musicals were
long ago far away
rock age musicals were
present/close past
Hair
first big counter cultural musical
ANDREW LLYOD WEBER
- most commercially successful musical theater composer of the rock era. musical theaters British invasion
STEPHEN SONDHEIM -
most versatile american composer of this generation
Another Hundred People
Stephen sondheim
center/recording area for country
Nash
country made substainsial inroads into pop charts in...
70s and 80s
during who's presidency did white house become venue for country
j. carter
radio began to
devote entire format to country
group that reacted against nash sound
traditionalist
when did traditionalists react?
mid 60s, bakerfield CA and 70s in austin TX
buck owens
main mid 60s
willie nelson/waylon jennings
70s in austin
outlaw movement
willie nelson/waylon jennings.
Wanted : The Outlaws
first 1 million country album
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
outlaw country
george jones
began career in 50s, resurged in 70s
tammy wynette
George jones' wife
The Grand Tour
George jones
Kenny rogers
Nashville sound
tnn+gac
main tv stations for country
in early 80s, who led neo classical movement
ricky skaggs
country musics biggest celeb
dolly parton
what type of songs are more common in country
story telling
coat of many colors
dolly p
reactions to bebop
cool jazz, avant garde
john coltrain
avant garde
chasing the traine
john coltrain
MILES DAVIS
jazz rock
1969 jazz rock albums
in a silent way, bitches brew
instruments for jazz rock
piano, guitar, electric bass, drums, extra perc+ horns, electronic instruments
jacco pastorious
electric bass virtuoso
wynton marsalis
led neo traditional jazz mvmnt in 80s
chick corea-
latin jazz
chick
eye of beholder
when did rock become industry
70s
boradcast and rec industries were structured to ensure what?
max profitability
what type of concerts were commonplace
stadium and large arena
AOR
album oriented radio
biggest star of 70s
elton john
elton johns lyricist
bernie taupin
main group of hard rock
led zeppelin - robert plan
took guitar virtuosity to new level in late 70s and 80s
EVH
springsteen heavily indebted to...
bob dylan and stones
punk rock emerged
london and ny in the 80s
punk rock was
fast, loud, and varying
singer/songwriter songs retained
tin pan alley characteristics
one of most freq recorded songs of rock era
you've got a friend - carole king
rock split in...?
the early 70s - split into rock n roll and funk
funk has how many dpm?
16 dpm
what genre hasn't used 16 rpm?
country
JAMES BROWN put emphasis on...
rhythm w/o rhthym instruments
Shining star
earth wind and fire, funk
sly and the family stone
extension of james browns music, africa talks.....
george clinton
mastermind behind Parliment and Funkadelic
sly stone and george clinton listened to ..
james browns music
stevie wonder
most commercially successful african american in 70s
stevie wonder was deeply involved in all stages of
creative process
disco hit big in
1977
disco went mainstream with release of
sat night fever
disco has how many bpm
120
Thriller
1982, quincy jones
mtv integrated its playlist due to
Thriller album
prince is often
only musical source on his recordings
prince draws on
full range of rock era styles
madonna
relies on team, second in popularity to MJ
rap style
voice is a percussion instrument